Frailty Hospital at Home - developing ACP (virtual ward)inAylesburyinAylesburyPUBLISHED THU 5 DEC 2024

The Frailty Hospital at Home Team is our new innovative pathway which focuses on providing intensive, hospital-level care for acute conditions that would normally require an acute hospital bed, in a patient's place of residents for a short episode through multidisciplinary healthcare teams.

The post holder will support the Lead Practitioner in delivering the requirements set out within the service model, which is continuously developing, to ensure the delivery of evidence based, community healthcare service 24hours a day, 7 days a week. The Frailty Hospital at Home team will provide support to patients in their place of residence following a sudden deterioration in their condition. The team will provide clinical treatment to patients including point of care blood testing and IV therapy, among other acute treatment.

The post holder will work with a range of professionals in order to ensure care is appropriate and delivered in a timely manner. The post holder will be able to demonstrate their professional skills and competence in leadership, care planning / co-ordination, medicines management, and care and treatment delivery.

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For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on quoting the vacancy reference number.